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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) repelled over the night of December 3 and 4 yet another attack by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies on the city of Hama.
The militants have been attempting to capture the key city since at least November 29, in the framework of their large-scale offensive in northwestern Syria, codenamed Operation Deterrence of Aggression.
Late on December 3, the militants managed to reach the northern outskirts of the city after capturing the towns of Maar Shahour and Kafraa. However, they failed to storm the strategic Zayn al-Abidin mount or break through SAA defenses in the town of Qamhana.
The SAA, backed by local fighters, launched a counter-attack early on December 4, recapturing both Maar Shahour and Kafraa.
Later in the morning, Syrian state TV reported that the army had pushed the militants some 20 kilometers away from Hama city in some directions. The success of the army’s limited counter-attack was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based pro-opposition monitoring group.
Also overnight, dozens of Russian and Syrian airstrikes hit targets of HTS and its allies all the way from the northern and northwestern Hama countryside to the southern countryside of Idlib. Some 11 drones were also shot down over Hama by Syrian air defenses.
According to Syrian state TV, HTS and its allies have lost some 1,600 militants since the start of their offensive in northwestern Syria on November 27.
These losses are unlikely to deter the militants, who will likely launch more attacks against Hama city in the upcoming few hours. However, their chances of success are getting slimmer as the SAA is building better defenses and bringing in more reinforcements.
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“these losses are unlikely to deter the militants, who will likely launch more attacks against hama city in the upcoming few hours. however, their chances of success are getting slimmer as the saa is building better defenses and bringing in more reinforcements.” bs. this planned by israel, usa, turkey. as soon as they notice defeat, usa/israel will interfere and bomb fighters, as they have already done in the past months. stop israel at least. and if russia is courageous it stops usa, too.
all this happened as soon as hezbollah accepted the ceasefire with their arch enemy the zionists, smh 🤦
all this happened because sunni countries defedend israel instead of attacking it and erdogan took the opportunity to fight weakened syria. israel fights with us-weapons and bombs fighters in syria and lebanon. without air-defence against israel any war against it is useless.
i am sure that ‘mi 6’ is stirring the pot of syrian blood as well.
i support the syrian government.
the whole netanyahu-deep state-brandon,blinken-treasonous,zionist-enslaved, israel-first regime, and their perfidious alliances to erdougan, qaeda-hts, isis and pkk-ypg-sdf terrorists is like mixing iron and clay. it will not stand.
hts and its allies will be surrounded and cut off from supplies. then nato must step in after their usual false flag. this whole stunt, could be a distraction to keep the iranians out of israel. israels only strong points are its airfields and the constant us supply of bombs to clean out the new lands for israel. global reduction and replacement is still on the menu, with the jewish people going back to israel.
israel has 9 active airbases on its territory and more than 650 planes. israel has a too small air space for training its air force. israel use turkish and egyptian airspaces for training. it means they have military agreements with these countries….. so when erdogan talk loudly about israel, it’s only empty words to be re-elected.
“the jewish people going back to israel.”where’d you get that bs from, they no more are native to that region then you are.
iran is a strong country they could and should send a couple of armoured div to syria.
its all corrupt really it is nothing is what it seems .you can’t believe what they tell you from.their authorised mouthpieces .you have to use intuition or just take a guess and hope for the best .it’s like a roulette wheel.
rusko by mohlo teraz plne využiť situáciu na vytlačenie okupačných vosk usa a turecka zo sýrie. tým by v podstate aj ukázalo silu a odhodlanie na vedenie bojov proti okupantom všade vo svete, kde budú o to požiadaný!!! stačí iba na pôde br osn vydať vyhlásenie, aby vojská usa a turecka opustili sýriu, inak sa stanú legitímnym cieľom ruských vojsk!!! svetu mier!!!
turkey doesn’t want take hamma by now, pushing against hamma is kind of sending messages by erdoğan to syria, russia and iran that come to negotiation.
i see the same scenario of kabul where the afgan army refused to fight and taliban entered in kabul
“in the upcoming few hours” lol. why not few years?
the joo’s must be getting worried that all their plans for a greater israel are coming to naught, other wise why would they order their goyim vassals in iblib to launch such an insane invasion that stands no chance of success.
since 13 years i ask the same question. why assad didnt call out a general mobilisation and clean out all of syria from islamists and the turk and kurd traitors?